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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2h

The more you dive into Question 3, the worse it gets. Example: Question 3 would effectively allow any SuperPAC to get its endorsements printed on the ballot. What problem is being solved by that? Billionaires not having enough ability to lie about the candiadtes they support?

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 18h

Surely nothing could go wrong with "let's do 2008 all over again but this time with rockets"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026

rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived

Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 07/10/2026

h/t to @slack2thefuture.bsky.social for letting me know you can delete the "customer personalization" data in your Amazon account and enter anything you want. Like this.

Fucking with Amazon "customer personalization"

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From David Graeber's piece, 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!' davidgraeber.org/articles/are...

"We have not even begun to think about
what our lives could be like if technology
were really marshaled to fit human needs.

How many hours would we really need to
work in order to maintain a functional
society — that is, if we got rid of all the
useless or destructive occupations like
telemarketers, financial analysts, prison
guards, bureaucrats & politicians while
turning our best scientific minds away
from working on space weaponry or
stock market systems to mechanizing
away dangerous or annoying tasks
like resource mining or cleaning
the bathroom.”
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- David Graeber

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Two more cops decertified, Methuen city officials call for feds to reopen police corruption investigation, and more—here are the media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in #Massachusetts that I’ve tracked during the last week. And sorry for getting this one out late.

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Mass law enforcement misconduct news, Sept. 28-Oct. 4

Two more cops decertified, Methuen city officials call for feds to reopen police corruption investigation, and more

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every week, we hear stories about people being illegally jailed on behalf of ICE by the Plymouth County sheriff—even people from out of state—but last time we heard about this from the governor, she said it was just a “county issue” and she doesn't support legislation to stop it. #Massachusetts

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Maura Healey on ICE: “I support them”

Massachusetts governor declines to end state’s partnership with ICE

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

During my ride this morning, as a friend and I were going up a hill, one asshole repeatedly honked at the driver directly behind us who was waiting for a safe time to pass. It was maybe 30 seconds? So many drivers turn into impatient toddlers the second a bike is in front of them.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Under Donald Trump and Kash Patel, FBI agents are far more likely to have their personal data stolen and posted on the internet. But they're now allowed to have sex with farm animals. The administration's defenders say it's net neutral.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mass folks, take a moment to ask Healey to NOT cut the gas tax!! Spend that money on transit, an e-bike subsidy, quick build bike and pedestrian projects! www.mass.gov/info-details...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026

I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not

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Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“This Ordinance is about basic decency and fairness,” said Ben Ewen-Campen, city councilor for Ward 3. “We’ve also unfortunately learned through experience that it is necessary, so that Somerville residents aren’t caught unaware when their building is put up for sale.” csindie.com/property-own...

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Property owners must tell their tenants that they are selling under a Somerville law taking effect next month - Cambridge | Somerville Independent

A Somerville law taking effect Oct. 14 requires rental-property owners to tell tenants in writing within 48 hours that they are selling their home.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People are discussing the "problem of ebikes in cities".

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re one botched firmware update away from people getting hurt.

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kehlkeh.bsky.social @kehlkeh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol one of my cal students had a bulldog, and her landlord mad eher write an essay from the dog's point of view about how happy he would be to live in that rental

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Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ENG: Check out our mending skillshare coming up this Sunday! Join your neighbors to learn (or teach!) how to darn, sew, patch, and repair clothing—no experience needed. Either mend clothing for the free store, or bring your own projects! Masking is encouraged, but not required.

Pictured is a green flier with a darker green dot border on the top and bottom. In the bottom right, green pants, a green cardigan, and multi colored thread spools are pictured. Near the top left, “MEND” is written large black text and "with MAMAS" is beneath. "Join your neighbors for a mending skillshare!" is below in black text. In a white text box below that, "Learn to darn, patch, and repair clothing, no experience needed. Bring your own projects to work on or mend clothing for the free store. Masking is encouraged, but not required!” is written in black text. In a white box with black text on the top right, "Sunday, 9/27 1:30-3:30 PM, Connexion 149 Broadway, Somerville" is written.

¡Echa un vistazo a nuestros talleres de reparación de ropa que tendrán lugar este domingo! Únete a tus vecinos para aprender (¡o enseñar!) a zurcir, coser, poner parches y reparar prendas; no se requiere experiencia previa. ¡Puedes reparar ropa para la tienda gratuita o traer tus propios proyectos! Se recomienda el uso de mascarilla, ¡pero no es obligatorio!

Domingo, 27/9 en Connexion (149 Broadway, Somerville). 13:30 a 15:30.

Confira nossas oficinas de consertos que acontecerão neste mês de domingo! Junte-se aos seus vizinhos para aprender (ou ensinar!) a cerzir, costurar, remendar e reparar roupas — não é necessária experiência prévia. Você pode consertar roupas para a loja gratuita ou trazer seus próprios projetos! O uso de máscara é recomendado, mas não obrigatório!

Domingo, 27/09, na Connexion (149 Broadway, Somerville). Das 13h30 às 15h30.

Vin gade sesyon nou yo k ap fèt dimanch pou pataje konesans sou jan pou fè reparasyon! Vin jwenn vwazen ou yo pou aprann (oswa anseye!) kijan pou rakorde, koud, rapyese, epi repare rad—ou pa bezwen eksperyans. Swa ou ka repare rad pou magazen gratis la, oswa ou ka pote pwòp pwojè ou yo! Nou ankouraje w mete mask, men se pa obligatwa!

Dimanch 27/9 @ Connexion (149 Broadway, Somerville). 1:30-3:30 PM.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.

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Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records

Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is why police should be paid flat salaries. They should be prohibited by law from making overtime. Want to send 100+ off-duty cops to a tiny little vigil where there's no threat to public safety? Then they can have fun doing it for free.

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Remember, Kevin Roose also wrote "The Latecomer's Guide to Crypto," which was methodically debunked by @molly.wiki and others in this brilliant piece. I don't understand why anyone takes him seriously about anything at this point. He's far too credulous to be a good journalist.

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The (Edited) Latecomer's Guide to Crypto

A group of cryptocurrency researchers and critics annotate the irresponsible cryptocurrency puff piece that was originally published in the New York Times.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Law-enforcement agencies from around the country queried #Flock data from the #Holyoke PD for immigration-related purposes more than 1,500 times, and the police chief said he didn't even know they were sharing the data. Astounding incompetence that should get him fired immediately. #Massachusetts

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'I was surprised': Holyoke police chief didn't know ICE-related queries were tapping city's plate reader data

From January through August of this year, more than 1,500 searches of Holyoke’s data from outside police departments, ranging from Texas to Indiana, had justification that included the word “immigrati...

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Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 20/09/2026

US drivers: any tolls, enforcement against us, or tracking of our property is a police state and bad also them: transit riders should always pay and be surrounded by cops also: any pedestrian or biker who isn't wearing a safety vest and literally Superman will die. No worries, it'll be an accident

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To be clear, any mayor or city council can do their own version of this in their city. The differentiator is will, or excuse. If they’re not, it’s because they’re choosing not to, either because they’ve wrongly convinced themselves they can’t, or because they don’t want to badly enough (or at all).

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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 19/09/2026

Plato, in The Republic, described how the state and the soul gradually fall apart. It’s not a sudden crash, but a slow process where language and values get twisted. Bad behaviors start to seem okay or even dignified, just to cover up the ethical decline. He almost seems prophetic nowadays.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oregon has a long history as a datacenter state. But a new study details a wild imbalance that comes with the industry. Data centers consume ~23% of the state's electricity, but provide jobs for just 0.2% of the state's workforce

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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So my grubby little urbanist secret is that I used to work at a car factory. And ever since this occurred to me, I have been unable to get over the fact that the safety standards to which we hold car production all but disappear the second those cars turn a wheel on public roads. And we accept that.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another #Massachusetts cop was allegedly caught tracking his ex-girlfriend using #Flock cameras. That brings us to eight cops in the state accused of misusing them in recent months. In all the cases where details have been released, the cameras were allegedly used to track women.

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Former Braintree detective charged in harassment case

Former Braintree detective Mark Sherrick is accused of using police tools to track and harass his ex-girlfriend, court filings say.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

TYPICAL TESLA OWNER: “Police in Franklin, #Massachusetts, are looking for a Tesla that sped past a stopped school bus as a student was crossing the road [the morning of September 15], narrowly avoiding a tragic collision.” www.nbcboston.com/news/local/f...

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Video shows Tesla driver speed past school bus, nearly hitting student in Franklin

YouTube video by NBC10 Boston

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026

NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡ @thebostonlol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I haven't been using my bike to run errands since Louisa was killed. I realized that if I was killed by an impatient driver nobody would care and nothing would change. The constant stress of being at the mercy of drivers in Boston has forced me back into my car, adding to traffic and pollution 🫩

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So often you see a headline or social media post like, "Road Shut Down After Pedestrian is Hit" which frames traffic violence through the impact on drivers

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've said this before but there are massive parallels between AI & car dependency: This is the approach we take to cars which I say not just to reiterate how wild our attitude to road safety is but also to say that, ridiculous as it sounds, if we don't push back on this constantly it'll work.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

it is a genuine crisis that there is a high probability a CNN reporter ignored whatever McConnell slurred and accepted copy directly from his office, like this is Pravda shit

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I personally know people who have been killed or disabled in this scenario and there are some permutations (downhill stretches, tinted glass, folks on phones) that make this the most dangerous riding situation. And yet 95% of adults truly don't understand the stress they cause.

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Plain Kate @k8thek8.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hey drivers: I need you to understand that when you get to an intersection and there's a cyclist crossing in front of you, even if YOU know you see them, there's a good chance THEY don't know you do. Come to a fucking stop till they cross. Stop fucking rolling at them. Fucksake.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This article makes two important points: 1. People using ChatGPT expose sensitive data because they think it is private 2. OpenAI relies on hundreds of human contractors reviewing replies to improve their models www.404media.co/inside-proje...

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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jon Husted’s staffer took part in “Nazi military exercises” & had a “Tales from Rhodesia” Spotify playlist. The fact that significant swathes of the media ignore the multiple major Republican campaign staffers outed as Neo-Nazis (to focus on Hasan Piker instead) is journalistic malpractice.

Nazi military exercise from 2018 that Husted's staffer took part in. Credit: The Libs are Resisting

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 11/09/2026

worth remembering that today is also the anniversary of the US backed coup in Chile that overthrew democratically elected socialist Salvador Allende and replaced him with the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet, who murdered thousands of communists and leftists and jailed tens of thousands

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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Trump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act. Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.

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art thief games @art.thief.games · 11/09/2026

Audionaut's Steam Demo is available NOW!!! - make music while you fight your way through the stars - earn scrap to purchase and experiment with new modules - play freely in creative mode Audionaut is a 2D autobattler game about music in space, coming soon to Steam.

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Audionaut | Steam Trailer

YouTube video by art thief games

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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026

one thing the ai era makes me miss is really shitty bespoke photoshops you used to get just the lowest effort garbage imaginable made by people who have opened the program three times in their entire life, but it had some charm to it and now they just generate the same bullshit as everyone else

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"check out this nasty thing I found on X" no and you should go set a timer for 10 minutes and look at a tree until your phone beeps

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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have you been asked to pay a broker’s fee to rent an apartment this year—after Massachusetts banned forced broker’s fees in 2025? I unfortunately have. Report it! ⬇️ forms.gle/DND8TfeoLbVQ...

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Chase 🐊🚫🚫🇧🇪🇧🇪🚫🚫🐊 @tittysommelier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just so we’re clear boys. We’ve got the one year kirkaversary and the 25th anniversary of 9/11 coming. You better post like you you got the fattest set of steel nuts on planet earth. I wanna see some wild shit these next two days. Do NOT disappoint me in the next 48 hours I want only your A game

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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

more racist Tucson realtors need to be treated like this let’s be for real

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